Three Sisters Vegetarian Chili

A perfect dish for weekday evenings when you want an easy way to make a healthy, nourishing, tasty meal. Go ahead and double or even triple this recipe, since it keeps for weeks in the fridge.

The Iroquois called the ingredient trio used in this recipe the “the three sisters.” They knew, long before Europeans arrived that corn, beans and squash were mutually supportive when cultivated together. Jacques Cartier observed this himself when he saw the fortified village of Hochelaga, on the island of Montreal. This polyculture farming technique is found in many North American First Nation myths.